Already today, the European University of St. Petersburg is opening an exhibition of works by architect Sergey Mishin. Connoisseurs of graphics, colleagues in the professional sphere and just lovers of architecture and art will see sheets from the series “Towers” and ‘Palimpsests’, pages from search notebooks, materials for navigation projects for Yelagin Island, the “architect's office” and his projects. All of this is summarized in the “Project Project”, showing the movement of thought and hand from the first sketch to the building.

Sergey is a longtime friend of ACM Group since “Hermitage times” and a couple of his works decorate the company's office. “ACM” cordially congratulates his colleague on the opening of the exhibition, timed also to the 70th anniversary of the architect.

On April 06 in the grand halls of the Myasnikov mansion, restored under the project “ACM” will be held a chamber screening of the film-musical “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Bryan Singer with Rami Malek in the title role. The film is a kind of celebration of the band Queen, their music and their outstanding vocalist Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and overcame conventions to become one of the most beloved artists around the world.

ACM Group specialists conducted a preliminary study of the Tarsh Tower Complex in mountainous Ingushetia. The combat and dwelling towers, as well as the crypts, require complex restoration as soon as possible. It is possible that Tarsh will be one of the company's next projects.

Historical photos of Nevsky Prospekt depicting the Vavelberg House before the October Revolution.

Restoration and adaptation of the building for the WAWELBERG Hotel by ACM Group.

“Nazran fortress is being prepared for restoration”.

Under the project of “ASM Group” and thanks to the initiative and support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation, a unique fortress is being prepared for restoration.

On April 12 the Society of Cultural Projects with the support of the organizing committee of the International Prize “Golden Trezzini” will hold a lecture by Ekaterina Stanyukovich-Denisova - "Architects - natives of the Swiss canton of Ticino. Three centuries of creativity in St. Petersburg".

From the foothills of the Alps, north of Milan, since the Middle Ages there have been many master stone craftsmen, sculptors and builders working throughout Europe. In his 1909 article, Alexandre Benois called these neighborhoods of Lugano “a hotbed of art”. With the founding of St. Petersburg, Tichinsky masters began to work in Northern Venice. Starting with the famous Domenico Trezzini, their creations became an integral part of the architectural appearance of the city.

The lecture will be devoted not only to the system of Ticino connections in the first half of the XVIII century, but will also touch upon the work of architects of subsequent eras, focusing on the peculiarities of the architecture of Luigi Rusca, Luigi Fontana and Mario Botta.

The lecture will be held at 14 Zakharievskaya Street as part of the series of meetings “Gallery of National Cultures: Switzerland”.

The exhibition “In the Mirror of the Black Lake: The Priory Park through the Eyes of Artists and Contemporaries” opened in the Priory Park in Gatchina.

How did artists of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries see the Priory Park? What was it like in the letters and memoirs of the townspeople and guests of Gatchina? What impressions, thoughts and feelings have remained forever imprinted in the memory of the park? Reproductions of artistic images of the Priory Park framed by testimonies and memories of contemporaries from the time of the ensemble's inception under Paul I to the present day will tell you about it.

Walking along the shore of the Filkin Lake, you can admire the reproductions of the park's artworks, which will transport you to the atmosphere of the past epochs. These are paintings from the Tretyakov Gallery, the State Hermitage, the All-Russian Pushkin Museum, the State Research Museum of Shchusev, the State Museum of Fine Arts “Gatchina” and other museums.

Testimonies and memories of contemporaries will show you the history of human interaction with the landscape of the “Priory valley”, guide you through the gallery of human emotions, thoughts and feelings, which at different times were associated with the Priory Park.

The project for the restoration of the Priory Park for the reign of Emperor Nicholas II was prepared and agreed by ACM Group.

The Museum of City Sculpture believes that the lions were damaged by those who tried to climb on their backs. The sculptures are made of copper sheets only 3 millimeters thick, have no frame and are not designed for such a load.

The Palace Wharf was built in the 1820s according to the project of architect Carlo Rossi. In 1832 the figures of lions were installed - exact copies of the “Medici lions” from the Piazza Signoria in Florence. The sculptures were cast at the Alexander Iron Foundry.

It is strange, of course, to carry out restoration every two years...

A book from Tom Sawyer Fest, "Domostroy. Reboot", which contains 30 different stories about how investors started working with historical real estate. Most of them were driven to action by the thought “if not me, then who?”. A review of materials on heroes who love and preserve heritage in more than just words.

To mark the International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites, St. Petersburg will host the XVI Restorer of the Year 2025 professional skills competition and the conference "Cultural Heritage. Preservation through development and development through preservation".

The events will be held as part of the XXXI International Exhibition “InterStroyExpo” from April 15 to 17 in Expoforum. The organizers are KGIOP and the Union of Restorers of St. Petersburg.

April 12 - 13, 2025

Annual Scientific and Practical Conference "Wooden Architecture. Issues of study and preservation of monuments".

April 12, beginning at 10:30

Moscow, Shokalskogo pr., 48, Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Raevo, conference hall.

April 13, beginning at 11:00

Moscow, 16-18 Pokrovsky Boulevard,

entrance from the boulevard, left porch, All-Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture.

Organizers of the event:

- ANO Research and restoration of wooden architecture monuments “Tradition”;

- Project "Common Cause. Revival of wooden temples of the North".

"Preserve not develop"․

Where to put the comma?

On April 10, on the territory of the reconstructed Levashovsky bakery a discussion on the preservation and restoration of the historical center of St. Petersburg will take place.

The Baka House in St. Petersburg restored its pre-revolutionary doors.

In the house 24 on Kirochnaya Street on the initiative and efforts of the residents themselves restored the historic doors in the front porches.

The story of restoration began in 2017, when the residents of the house became aware that several doors from the front porches ended up in the Rubinstein Café, where they were used for interior design. From the profitable house, built in the early XX century by architect Julian Bak, they disappeared back in the late 1990s: the public utilities then replaced the wooden doors with iron ones.

By the time the two pairs of historic doors were found, the residents of the house had already created a community in social networks, which was engaged in a project to return the building to its historic appearance.

Each front door is a whole complex of objects: two pairs of wooden doors, a vestibule between them with ceramic tiles on the floor, wooden doors on the sides of the vestibule and its heating system. The surviving historic doors were restored, the missing two pairs were recreated using their samples, the upper glazed transoms above the doors and the flooring were restored, and the door handles were recreated using available photographs.

And now, almost seven years after the beginning of this epic, two pairs of historical doors and two pairs of doors recreated from their samples have taken their original place in the two front entrances.

Already today in the Gatchina Palace opens a unique exhibition "Alexander III. Personal. Auditor".

This year marks the 180th anniversary of the birth of Emperor Alexander III. It is he who is famous for his words about the Gatchina Palace - “Happy to be home again!” Now the restoration of his private rooms is in progress, and therefore a gift for visitors has been prepared - during the year there will be four exhibitions of one object, which will show four things from the personal collection of Alexander Alexandrovich, representing different aspects of his hobbies.

The first exhibition from the cycle "Alexander III. Personal“ is dedicated to the book ”The Inspector", which belonged to the Emperor.

At last the monograph by the prominent St. Petersburg researcher, architectural historian and art critic - M.N.Mikishcheyev ( 1945-2020 ), devoted to the task of in-depth study and analysis of the creative method of the architect Carlo Rossi ( 1775-1849 ), is out of print. On the examples of architectural masterpieces of Rossi, formulated in detail the principles called by the author “algorithm of design creativity” genius architect. The application and development of these principles allowed the architect, without repeating, to create architectural ensembles, unique in their scale and complexity.

The research is illustrated by design drawings of the architect, historical and modern photography.

Mikhail Nikolaevich in his time often visited the ACM office when our team was working on restoration projects of buildings built by Rossi.

Today the architects of “ACM Group” will continue complex scientific research at the tower complexes “Salgi”, “Barkhan”, ‘Gu’ and “Tori” in the mountainous Ingushetia. In addition, it is planned to visit the watchtowers “Ga'gi G1alash”.

The second part of the collection of letters about the history of St. Petersburg houses from the authors of the newsletter “Papers” - “Behind the Facade” is released.

The book contains 30 letters about the history of St. Petersburg houses, which was prepared by local historians Alexey Shishkin and Elia Novopashenaya. It includes letters from the closed newsletter “Paper” - from the home of the writer Ayn Rand, to the communal house where Mike Naumenko lived.

“When studying old buildings, we create an emotional connection to their history, so in this book the emphasis, as in the first edition, is not so much on the history of the houses themselves as on their inhabitants,” the authors note.

On April 10 there will be a tour of the former profitable house of the insurance company “Russia”, located at 35 Bolshaya Morskaya Street in St. Petersburg. The history of one of the landmark buildings of St. Petersburg Northern Art Nouveau, decorative decoration of the facade, unique interiors and much more await visitors. The building was erected in 1905-1907 by architect A.A.Gimpel, with the participation of V.V.Ilyashev.

Already today, archaeologist, architect, employee of the KGIOP and member of the “Old Petersburg” society Victor Korentsvit invites to the Izmailovskaya library for a lecture devoted to the glorious and sad history of the granite embankments of the Neva, rivers and canals of St. Petersburg. The main concern of the researcher is that repair works on embankments should not distort their classic appearance.

Everyone is well aware of the House of the Emir of Bukhara in St. Petersburg, on the Petrograd side.

And what do you know about the Palace of the Emir of Bukhara in Zheleznovodsk?

Last week volunteers of the Piatigorsk “Tom Soeyer Fest” carried out work on the majolica created in 1909 in the workshop of Geldwein-Vaulin in St. Petersburg, cleaned and restored the entrance portal in this palace.

As told in the social networks of the festival, the wicket was made from two sheets of iron, and the historical pattern was laser-cut. In addition, volunteers plan to create replicas of lost tiles (ceramic tiles used to cover stoves, walls and fireplaces).

The palace of the Emir of Bukhara is also being restored. They promise to complete the work at the end of October 2025.

At present, the talk about the complete absence of any mortars in the construction of tower complexes in the North Caucasus is actively continuing.

The other day, specialists from ACM Group visited another tower complex in the mountains of Ingushetia untouched by restoration - “Gyagi G1alash” (probably not the historical name), where one of the research questions was about the historical use of mortars. It was recorded that every surviving structure of the complex has not just remnants of historical lime mortar, but its extensive presence.